Trying to play a steam game TF2. that uses hl2.exe. hl2.exe has full access, but unless I shutdown zone alarm completely, TF2 doesnt see any servers that are active. I've been using ZL for YEARs, and I love it. I remember in an older version I had to disable browser security for some games to work. If that's the fix, fine, but I'd prefer a more targeted approach.
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security version: 12.0.104.000
Vsmon version: 12.0.104.000
Driver version: 12.0.102.000
Antivirus engine version: 8.3.2.4
Antivirus signature DAT file version: 1143359040
AntiSpam version: 6.3.1.4973

January 6th, 2014

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Re: firewall, game mode, steam and TF2

Unfortunatly Browser secruity does not have any granular controls. It either On or Off, sorry.

So you will need to do some troubleshooting on your end trying to turn options off and reboot and see if that helps until you find the right combination for your game.

Unless someone else on the forum has specific knowledge with this game.

Also try the game manufactuers forums. they can be a lot more helpful since its there game.

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January 29th, 2014

Forum-Moderator

Re: firewall, game mode, steam and TF2

UPDATE.

I installed the latest Steam engine and logged in to my account downloaded the free version of TF2.

After it downloaded and installed I ran TF2 and click on the button 'SERVERS'

I get a long list of servers.

I had Extreme installed before Steam or TF2. Using the default settings out of the box. Nothing was changed.

I got no popup alerts or anything.

I can see all the server available.

I even selected a random server on the list connected to it and was playing the game on that server with ZA running.

We can only conclude there is either something wrong with your ZA setup/installation (uninstall then run clean utility and reinstall with default settings), Problem with your Steam install or the TF2 install.

Maybe some other issue, another application or driver somehow creating this issue.

So we know ZA does no interfere with TF2 finding servers and connecting and playing on them.